US4140886A - Magnetic type pickup cartridge block shaped pole piece construction - Google Patents

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US4140886A
US4140886A US05/640,470 US64047075A US4140886A US 4140886 A US4140886 A US 4140886A US 64047075 A US64047075 A US 64047075A US 4140886 A US4140886 A US 4140886A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R11/00—Transducers of moving-armature or moving-core type
    • H04R11/08—Gramophone pick-ups using a stylus; Recorders using a stylus
    • H04R11/12—Gramophone pick-ups using a stylus; Recorders using a stylus signals being recorded or played back by vibration of a stylus in two orthogonal directions simultaneously

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  • the present invention relates to a magnetic type pickup cartridge, and more particularly a moving-magnet type stereophonic pickup cartridge which is extremely simple in construction and may exhibit considerably improved desired characteristics such as frequency response.
  • a moving-magnet type pickup cartridge consists of a moving unit consisting of a stylus bar with a stylus attached to one end thereof and with a moving magnet attached to the other end thereof and supported in a sleeve made of a non-magnetic material through a damper made of an elastic material, and a voltage generating or inducing unit consisting of a yoke made of a high-permeability material and coupled to the moving unit in such a way that the variation in magnetic flux flowing through the yoke may be induced by the movement of the moving unit and consequently a voltage may be induced across a coil mounted on the yoke.
  • the quality of the pickup cartridges is, in general, dependent upon how faithfully the variation in magnetic flux caused in the moving unit is transmitted to the voltage generating unit. Therefore, the loss in the magnetic circuit must be minimized, and the frequency response characteristic must be as flat as possible over the audible range.
  • a balanced winding of two coils for each channel is employed in order to cancel externally induced hum, so that four coils are employed in the stereophonic pickup cartridge.
  • the complete separation between the right and left channels must be ensured, and the magnetic circuits for the right and left channels must be symmetrical with the same length of the magnetic path.
  • the length of the magnetic circuit or path is different between the right and left channels, as will be described in detail hereinafter, so that the balanced magnetic characteristics cannot be attained.
  • the pole pieces and yokes each fabricated by drawing of a permalloy sheet are used, because ferrite is not adapted to be drawn, so that various magnetic losses occur.
  • the flat frequency response characteristic cannot be attained, and the response at high frequencies is considerably attenuated. The reason is mainly attributed to the eddy-current loss caused by the skin effect due to the dimensions and configurations of the pole pieces and yokes made of permalloy.
  • One of the objects of the present invention is therefore to provide a magnetic type pickup cartridge which minimizes the eddy-current losses in the pole pieces and yokes and in which the magnetic circuits for both the channels are completely symmetrical.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic type pickup cartridge which may ensure the high sensitivity and flat frequency response characteristic over the whole audio range.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic type pickup cartridge which is simple in construction and easy to manufacture and assemble.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic type pickup cartridge in which components are machined or otherwise formed with very close dimensional tolerances and assembled with a high degree of accuracy, whereby the frequency response, phase and channel separation characteristics as well as transmission characteristic may be considerably improved over the prior art cartridges.
  • the present invention provides a magnetic type pickup cartridge characterized in that the lower end portion of each of four block-shaped pole pieces made of a high-permeability material terminates into an inclined surface inclined at 45° to the horizontal; said four pole pieces are assembled in such a way that said inclined surfaces may define a space having a substantially square cross sectional configuration; the free ends of an inverted U-shaped yoke made of a high-permeability material are attached to the upper surfaces of the pole pieces with the inclined surface in opposed relation when assembled; and a moving magnet mounted at the one end of a stylus bar is placed in said space defined by said inclined surfaces of said pole pieces.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a moving-magnet type pickup cartridge used for the explanation of the underlying principle thereof;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one example of the prior art moving-magnet type stereophonic pickup cartridge
  • FIG. 3 is a graph of the frequency response characteristic thereof
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view thereof
  • FIG. 6 is a graph used for the explanation of the frequency response characteristic thereof.
  • FIGS. 7, 8 9 and 10 are schematic perspective views of some modifications of the first embodiment, respectively.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a basic moving-magnet type pickup cartridge used for the explanation of the underlying principle thereof.
  • a stylus bar 1 with a stylus 2 attached to one end thereof and with a moving magnet 3 mounted at the other end thereof is mounted by a damper 4 made of an elastic material within a sleeve 5 made of a non-magnetic material and interposed between the free ends of a yoke 6 made of a material having a high permeability.
  • the moving magnet 3 is actuated so that the magnetic flux in the yoke 6 changes and consequently a voltage is induced in a coil 7 mounted on the yoke 6.
  • the quality of the pickup cartridges is dependent upon how faithfully the magnetic flux variation caused in the moving unit consisting of the stylus bar 1, the damper 4 and the sleeve 5 is transmitted to the voltage inducing unit consisting of the yoke 6 and the coil 7 mounted thereupon. It is essential that the loss in the magnetic circuit is minimum and that the frequency response characteristic curve must be flat over a wide frequency.
  • the balanced winding of two parallel coils is employed in order to cancel the externally induced hum so that each stereophonic pickup cartridge includes four coils.
  • the right and left channels must be completely separated from each other, and the lengths of their magnetic paths must be exactly equal to each other.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of one example of the prior art magnetic type pickup cartridges constructed and designed for satisfying the above requirements.
  • the variation in magnetic flux caused by the moving unit consisting of the stylus bar 8 and the moving magnet 9 mounted at the rear end thereof is transmitted to the pole piece assembly consisting of pole pieces each formed by drawing a high-permeability blank such as permalloy.
  • the yoke 16 Since the yoke 16 is positioned backwardly of the yoke 11 with respect to the moving magnet 9, the length of the right-channel pole pieces 15 and 17 is longer than the length of the left-channel pole pieces 10 and 12. As a result, the right- and left-channel magnetic circuits do not have the same length so that the magnetic characteristics are different between the right and left channels.
  • the pole pieces 9, 12, 15 and 17 and the yokes 11 and 16 are generally fabricated by drawing. Therefore, the blanks with poor drawability such as ferrite cannot be used. Therefore, they are, in general, made of permalloy with the result of various magnetic losses. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, the flat frequency response characteristic curve cannot be attained over the desired range. That is, the remarkable attenuation in high frequencies is observed. The main reason is that the eddy-current loss is induced by the skin effect caused by the dimensions and shapes of the pole pieces and yokes, which are made of permalloy.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 there is shown the first embodiment of a magnetic type pickup cartridge in accordance with the present invention which includes a stylus bar 21 with a stylus 22 attached to one end thereof and with a moving magnet 23 as an armature attached to the other end thereof, a damper 24 made of an elastic material and supporting the moving magnet 23, and a sleeve 25 for supporting the stylus bar 21 through the damper 24.
  • the parts 21 through 25 constitute a moving unit.
  • the detailed description of the mentioned moving unit can be found, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3576955.
  • the pickup cartridge further includes a voltage generating unit consisting of a pole piece block, and yokes 33 and 34 with coils 35, 36, 37 and 38.
  • the pole piece block consists of four block-shaped pole pieces 26, 27, 28 and 29 made of ferrite and having inclined surfaces 26a, 27a, 28a and 29a so inclined at 45° to the horizontal, dimensioned and shaped that the inclined surfaces 26a and 27a of the pole pieces 26 and 27 may be located in opposed relationship and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other while the inclined surfaces 28a and 29a of the pole pieces 28 and 29 may be located in opposed relationship and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other as best shown in FIG. 5 when the pole pieces 26 through 29 are assembled.
  • pole pieces 26 through 29 When the pole pieces 26 through 29 are assembled, spacers 30, 31 and 32 made of non-magnetic material are interposed between the pole pieces 27 and 28, between the pole pieces 28 and 26 and between the pole pieces 26 and 29, respectively, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the pole piece assembly is provided, and the space having a substantially square or diamond cross sectional configuration is defined by the four inclined surfaces 26a through 29a of the pole pieces 26 through 29.
  • the inverted U-shaped yokes 33 and 34 made of ferrite and having coils 35, 36, 37 and 38 mounted thereupon are mounted on the pole piece assembly and magnetically coupled thereto, and short rings 39 and 40 made of an electrically conductive material are inserted into the magnetic circuits.
  • the sleeve 25 of the moving unit is placed in the space defined by the inclined surfaces 26a through 29a in such a way the moving magnet 23 may be located substantially at the midpoint of the space in the axial direction thereof. Therefore, as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 5, the magnetic circuit of the left channel consists of the pole piece 26, the yoke 33, the pole piece 27 and the moving magnet 23 while the magnetic circuit of the right channel consists of the pole piece 28, the yoke 34, the pole piece 29 and the moving magnet 23.
  • the magnetic circuits of the left and right channels are completely symmetrical so that the output voltage, the frequency response and the phase characteristic may be completely balanced between the right and left channels.
  • the pole pieces 26 through 29 and the yokes 33 and 34 are so designed that no drawing step may be required for the fabrication of these components. That is, they may be advantageously made of ferrite which is so ductile that they cannot be subjected to the drawing. As a result, the eddy-current loss may be minimized, and as shown in FIG. 6 the flat frequency response characteristic curve is obtained not only over the audible range but also the range beyond the audible range.
  • the resonance occurs due to the magnetic properties of ferrite and the electrical load on an amplifier for a pickup cartridge, but this resonance problem may be overcome by suitably designing the configurations of the pole pieces and yokes and by selecting the suitable number of turns of the coils.
  • the resonance within the audible range and the attenuation in the high frequency range may be solved as shown by the curves a, b, c and d in FIG. 6 by suitably selecting the resistance, material, shapes and number of the short rings 39 and 40 inserted in the magnetic circuits. Since the insertion of the short rings 39 and 40 causes the local eddy-current loss, the eddy-current loss may be suitably used to adjust the frequency range. For instance when no short ring is inserted, the characteristic curve a is obtained. When the characteristic curve c which is substantially flat even in the range beyond the audible range is attained, the frequency, phase and distortion characteristics of the pickup cartridge may be remarkably improved.
  • the pole pieces and yokes are made into contact with each other within the coils so that the coupling degree therebetween varies from one cartridge to another.
  • the pole pieces 26 through 29 and yokes 33 and 34 are coupled to each other outside of the coils 35 through 38 so that there is no variation in coupling degree from one cartridge to another.
  • the cross sectional areas of both the pole pieces and yokes within the coils may be minimized with the result of low inductance and low impedance. Therefore, the flat frequency characteristic curve extending over the audible range may be obtained in a simple manner without the sacrifice of the output voltage.
  • the pole pieces 26 through 29 and yokes 33 and 34 of the first embodiment are very simple in construction so that the mass production thereof by machining at low cost may become possible.
  • the correct positioning of the pole pieces 10, 12, 15 and 17 is difficult so that the channel separation is not satisfactory, but in accordance with the present invention, the pole pieces 26 through 29 may be machined with closer dimmensional tolerances and may be correctly positioned and assembled with respect to each other so that the channel separation characteristic may be considerably improved.
  • the configurations of the pole pieces 26 through 29 may be modified as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the pole pieces are more in the shape of flat plates and the area enclosed by the pole pieces 26 through 29 and the spacers 30 through 32 is cut in oblique at its top surface, the block can be assembled easily and the top surface, where the yokes are attached, of each pole piece is larger in area than the respective cross section of pole piece.
  • pole pieces 26 through 29 and yokes 33 and 34 have been described as being made of ferrite, but the laminated pole pieces and yokes consisting of thin permalloy sheets punched or otherwise by a conventional manner may be used. Since the pole pieces and yokes may be assembled by the lamination of thin permalloy sheets which have not been subjected to the drawing step, they are less subjected to the mechanical distortions after the heat-treatment, and the assembly may be also much facilitated.
  • the laminated pole pieces and yokes may be assembled in the same manner with that described above with a higher degree of accuracy so that the frequency response characteristic, the channel separation characteristics and other characteristics may be considerably improved over the prior art cartridges.

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